Spot rare wildlife, soak in a hot spring and sail in a frozen wonderland on Japan’s northernmost island.

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With record visitor numbers in 2024 putting strain on Japan's tourist hotpots, here are four places to visit far away from ...

SHINTOKU, Hokkaido — Finland is a nation famed for its saunas. But do you know about avanto, the Finnish tradition of cutting a hole in the ice on a frozen lake to bathe in the water underneath? And ...

There’s so much snow on the ground in Hokkaido, Japan, that it’s blocking the doors and windows of homes and businesses on ...

The increased focus on foreign travelers follows the death of a Hong Kong woman on the outskirts of Otaru. The 61-year-old ...

Without the images it might be hard to wrap your mind around the amount of snow blanketing the island of Hokkaido in northern ... “Think of it as U.S. lake-effect snow on a much larger scale.

SAPPORO — The 2025 Chitose – Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival is being held at the Shikotsuko-onsen hot spring in Chitose, Hokkaido, with various ice sculptures being lit up each day at around sunset. About ...

But this sleepy city tucked away on the west coast of the island of Hokkaido has become the latest flashpoint in Japan’s ongoing battle against overtourism. Local authorities recently deployed ...

A powerful low-pressure system is unleashing record-breaking snowfall along Hokkaido’s Pacific coast, with the city of Obihiro accumulating more than 1 meter of snow in just 12 hours through ...